Improved paint brush



W. COVER. PAINT BRUSH.

PatentedJan. 8, 1867'.

uiten ytetes getest @Hirst W'ILLIAM COVER, OF JENNERS X ROADS, PENNSYLVANIA.

. Letters .Patent No. 61.053, dated Jdmmry 8, 1807.

IMPROVE!) PAINT BRUSH.

'lO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM COVER, of Jenners X Roads, in the count-y of Somerset, und State of Penny Sylvania, have vinvented n. new sind useful improvement inrPnint Brushes; and I do hereby declare the following to be n. full, clear, and exact description. thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letitersof reference marked'thereon; like letters indicating like parte wherever they occur. 1

To enable others skilled in the artito construct and use my invention, I' will proceed to describe it.

invention consists in providing n. paint brush-witherv reservoir or magazine from which the peint is delivered, es required, -to the brush through the handle, which is made tubular for that purpose.

Figure 1 is a. longitudinal section; and Figures 2 and 3 are side views oi' brushes mede on my improved plnn. l A represents theA brush, which may be'made of any form desired, end consists of bristles or hcirsecured to n head-piece, fn, which has s.4 hole through it lengthwise, es shown in tig. 1. To this piece, me flexible tube, Az, is attached, and extends down in thecentre of the brush to near the lower end of the bristles, as shown in iig. 1. To the head-piece n o, stern, B, is secured by being screwed into it, as shown. This stem, B, may consist of two or more sections, as represented by d andf, which are screwed together, and which have' ei'hole mede through them longitudinally to`correspond with the tube t, as shown in fig. 1. lo the upper end oi the handle B is vlsecured a metallic cup, a, within which is fastened e iiexible hollow bell 'or reservoir, C, having e. hole et its bottom, connecting with the hole thrsugh the handle. A ring, E, is placed loosely on the handle B, so es to slide up and down thereon; and from this ring, E, `n wire or smell rod, b, extends up on each side and curves inward, so asrto 'unite at the centre above the reservoir C, where they are united to e. small metal disk, m, resting on the top of C.. A curvediinger-piece, t', is attached to the ring E, by drawing down of which, by the nger, the rod b will cause the disk'm to press on the ball or reservoir C, und compress it. Drepresents a stopcoclrlocated in theihnndle B, by the turning of which the ilow of the paint from the reservoir C may be prevented et pleasure. -To fill the reservoir C,Ithe ball is eompressedby drawing down the ring E, or by pressing the bell in the hond, and the end of the brush is' inserted in the liquid paint, so ns to immerse the end of tube h; when, by removing'the pressure from. C, it will expend to its original Asize and shape, thus creating n. partial vacuum within it, to fill which,the paintwill iiow up the tube into the reservoir C, from whence it may be expelled, es desired for use to supply the brush,by .drawing down tberingE and compressing the bell C o r,if preferred, the handle mny'he unscrewed-atjnny of its points, and then the reservoir be filled, by inserting the end of the handle in the paint instead of the brush. `Fig 2 represents the same device, having the upper section d of tho handle re'moved, und the ring E, with the compressing rods b, omitted. Two finger-pieces, t and Z, are shown attached to the handle B'f'or convenience in holding the brush; the reservoir, in this case, being compressed fromtime to time by the' finger or thumb. Fig. 3 is the same, with both sections ofthe handle omitted; the i reservoir, in that ease, being held in the hand, by which it maybe compressed nt will. This brush is especially useful in painting over head, and in positions where it is diihoult to hold a, bucket or recharge the brush with paint, though it may be used in any case where en ordinary brush can be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is` v 1. A' brush provided with a. tubular handle, B, and having the reservoir C attached thereto, substantially as shown and described. y i 2. The combination ofthe brush '.A, tubular handle B, reservoir C, and the compressing device E, b,

arranged to operate 'substantially as set forth. i WILLIAM oovER.

Witnesses: i v DANIEL Frese,

F. EARL.

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